Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-23
LOND0N'S ROYAL SHOW.
A Noted COrrespOndents Description Of
the Historic Scenes Of Tuenday.


Mr. Geo. W. smaIley. in his cable special to the
New York Tribune descriptive OF the jubilee cere-
monies in London, on Tuesday. said: 81 think on
the whole have nowhere at any time witnessed
a spectacle so splendid and impressive. Some
thing, no doubt, might have been added. The
queen would Immensely have gratifed her sub
1ectS had she worn the crown and royal robes
But what this vast multitude in the streets saw
was ample TO call forth admiration, as the mere
presence OF the queen was adequate to provoke
every possible demonstration OF loyalty.
P1ccadilIy was a spectacle Nowhere were de-
COrations so abundant, so costly, so effective or
Sd original. Lord ROthschilds home was worthy
OF bis name Apsley House did not disgrace the
memory OF Wellington Baroness Burdett-Coutts'
mansion was as rich as its benevolent owner
DevOnShire House had enlivened It's gloomy court
yard and its wall, fronting tor hundred yards on
The street, with gayIy decorated stand. and COW
cred It's terraces with flowers sir Algernon Bort h.
WiCk-s house was the most charming of all. Here
Byron once lived, and to-day ft looked Ike the
home or poet From pavement 10 roof the front
or this house was hung with garlands and bouquets
gone hand In hand So had they elsewhere If
the delicate fancy OF the French were lacking the
loyal Britoi- sought 70 make up by abundance for
every deficiency OF taste. No house that did not
array Itself In Cloth OF many colors; many that
We're rlch with velvet, with cloth OF gold, with
oriental, fabrics, with pendant baskets OF roses
with nagS OF all nations Arches OF triumph
Spdnned many a street. LOYAL notices and saitl-
tations were written IL broad letters OF gold wher
ever You went.
The queen drove all the way from Constitution
Hin 10 Westminster through one long avenue or
was the loyalty which expressed itself in cheers
from the immense multitude who came abroad TO
welcome her. To enter the Abbey out OF these
say streets and hurrying crowds was like enter
Ing another world Certainly IL was shock 10
o. shown along passages and staircases freshly
tins sacred fabric But once inside all sense of
sIcTiieye vanished. No building could be worse
auap ri Tor spectacular purposes, yet nothing
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difficulties have been overcome. The long hours
during when we waited were not dun hours:
there was ever something to study, ever some
thing fresh TO see looked in vain for those men
OF letters and science 10 whom this reign owes 80
much distinction. Robert Browning know was
not asked; nor Matthew Arnold, nor Prof. Huxley.
ST. Geo. otto TreveIyan refused fnvit alton.
The only man or first rank IN literature i really
saw was Mr.. Lecky, the historian. CROWDS OF un-
known and unknOWabie persons were visible.
Friends OF officials 600 OF Dean Bradley's to begin
WITH, were In the best galleries In the build
In. The first real sensation was the coming of
The oriental princes. Never when seen separately
Al they appeared such dazzling creatures As
low, when in "a group and clad in such embrOid-
erlrS as the Western world has seldom gaZed ON
ans bedecked In Jewels that would more than ran
SON all the European kings now ON English soil.
They are princes OF such lineage and such an
tiQuity as put to blush the most ancient OF
Europe.
THE COMING OF THE QUEEN.
Ir was twenty-five minutes TO j O'Clock when,
after one false signal which brought the specta-
to.s to their feet, came blast from the queens
state truInpeter which told Of hec arrival at the
~est door OF the Abbey. The White hands OF Choir
is-erS in the galleries ruStled up and the whole
vast audience rose with them and remained stand
fng. only the kings and queens In the Sacrarium
remained seated. not caring 10 rise till the queen
Was actually visible. Then came pause, and the
minutes glided by. The vice chamberlainS and
other gold-laced Officers or the royal household
grouped themselves at the entrance TO the choir.
Then they stood suddenly apart and the head OF
tha royal procession showed ITSELF the ecclesiasticS
nrst. Then followed long array OF great officials
then hereditary princes, hereditary grand dukes,
serene highnes>eS, imperial highneSseS, and royal
hignnes,eS Whispers OF admiration greeted the
taI we-Set figure. brilliantly uniformed In white
OF The Crown Prince OF Germany. These person.
ages walked three abreast, the last OF the tTiOS
being the Duke OF COnnaUght, the Prince or Wales
and the Duke or Edinburgh Then came preceded
b. the lord steward and iCrd Chamberlain, walking
brayely backward, the queen Alone OF all that
gittering procession, her majesty was plainly
dressed, In gown OF black and gray, In broad
stripes, bonnet that looked like another crown
OF gray hairs, and the blue ribbon OF the garter
from LEFT TO right across her broad shoulders. She
moved as ever, with dignity as beautiful as IL is
marvellous In a woman OF such physique, her face
gravely radiant, her eyes turned night and LETT
with her unequaled demeanOr she acknowledged
SITUATIONS addressed 10 her from either side.
The queen reached the broad steps LETT untrodden
b. all but the royal feet which she mounted
slowly with some help from the lord steward and
The lord chamberlain, AMI so arrived near the
throne. There she stood moment before seating
herself, and, with one sweeping movement OF head
and body, signified her royal recognition OF the
homage this wonderful company offered her. That
WAS the most brilliant moment OF all-kingS.
queens, peers OF England, commons OF England,
her Youngest loveiiness and her oldest nobility
ambassadors, ministers, princes, princeSSes, and
s0yeretgns doing honor in person or by deputy, TO
this sovereign OF England. All were standing, all
h-ad5 were bent, the music was still echOtng
through the arches, and cheers were Sttll family
heard from the street. IL was the supreme hour
OF her life, and the spectacle one on The like OF
which no living soul has looked before. The SUM-
light 5treamed IN upon the queen and the people,
and the gray Walls and dim arches OF the abbey
were all glowing with myriad hueS-wtth scarlet
and gold, with delicate tintS OF silks, and more
delicate bloom on the wearers' cheeks. Jewels
flashed and swarJhy Oriental faces for once lighted
up When the queen sank into her gilded chair
this multitude remained standing, as II under
seated.
The religious resources Of the Church OF Eng
land were all invoked 10 express in the queens be-
hgfh her gratitude for the fifty years OF her honOred
benefcent and admirable reign. When the last
noe had died away there came the most touching
scene OF all The queens sons, daughters and
other kin by blood or marriage, who were grouped
about her the daiS, came up, by one, TO her.
The Prince OF Wales came first, bowed low. and
kissed his mothers hand She, as he rose, kissed
HIN on both cheeks. Prince after prince performed
tbs afectiOndte homage, each receiving the
queens salute in return This Charming little
episode over, the procession was reformed The
queen moved slowly down the aisle OF lofty arches
and bending heads. and so vanished from our sight
beneath the screen which divides the choir nom
the outer nave.
Good humor has been universal to-day / have
spent hours IN the streets, beside those in the
Abbey and elsewhere, aud heard never an angry
word IL IS well paste o'clock when mounted
policeman brings promise OF the recOmiag OF the
queen on her way BACK to the palace troop OF
the First Life Guards comes Lot far behind him.
The royal carriages conveying the royal suite
seem To De the IaOst magnificent OF equipages till
the queens own carriage appears But before the
queen herself comes the feature Of the features OF
this procession. The mounted princes, who form
her majesty > real escort.
Bat the queen is nigh There is no mistak:ng
those eight cTeam-cOlOred horses, Whose cream
color Is almost Invisible beneath their IrappingS
Each horse Is led. The coach is all gold and bla-
Z1nry. III" harness Is heavy with gold crimson
Jt>sclS are hanging heavy from the horses necks
ana the 1unkeys behind the carriage dre armored
f. gold lace. The Whole turnout IS splendid be-
yOnd compare 10 unofficial eyes All these people
have seen her and cneered her before but they
cheer with steady British perseverance, as IT. hay-
Ing begun, they meant never 10 leave OF. The
SAW II before She looks ten years younger and
happier than month since. when the vest End
and the East End together turned out TO greet her
Cheers fOiIOw cheers in volleys and al hats are
OF. There are cheers even from these balconies
here fashion sits in all her cold loneliness and
bored Indifference. The queen looks up 10 the
,lconies she passes recognizes on all OF them
friends, bows straight at them, passes on and
away ana round the broad curve which takes her
10 the arch envelOped and encompasSed with this
marvellous music of the human voice in multiJu-
Cino0s nass-S We all gaze after her as she and
the prnce-ses and the gilt coach and creaul-col-
ored horses disappear beneath the arcn.
Across Niagara ON a Cable.
A CANADIAN PArSTEE MAKES THE PERILors TRIP
FOR THE GLORY OF THE THING.
special from Niagara Falls TO the philadelphia